Thread: 96 Years of Progress

Originally Posted by Tommy

Not a lot between a .280 and the (older) 7x57 performance-wise, no? I get that the 280 is shaped as such to make it feed in a Ross rifle of course

Greetings,
At the time the .280 left the 7x57 for dead in terms of range, with a blunt 173 grain projectile at about 2,200 fps v a 160 grain at 2,600 for the Ross. The high velocity 7x57 rounds came later.